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The Benson- KMS- Montevideo gymnastics team opened up the season with two meets last week. The Fighting Braves beat Marshall in the season opener, Thursday, in Benson, 129.225-95.85 and then placed third of six teams at the Morris Invitational, Saturday, with a score of 131.175.

“The gymnasts are off to a great start this year, scoring over 131 points in the second meet of the season,” coach Kathy Ahrndt said.

This week, Benson-KMS was set to host Redwood Valley, Tuesday (yesterday) at the Benson Armory, before competing at Ortonville, Friday. The meet against Redwood Valley is also a “Tumble for Toys” promotion. Fans are invited to bring an unwrapped toy or case donation to the meet for the local Toys for Tots campaign....

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The MBA boys hockey team is searching for some offense this season after scoring just one goal in the last four games combined.

The Storm fell to 1-4 overall with a pair of shutout losses to Willmar (5-0) and Red Lake Falls (6-0) last week. MBA had opened up the season with a 3-0 win over Worthington, but has now scored just one goal over the last four games....

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The Braves, who were playing their first games of the season, fell to BBE in the first game, Friday, 69-34, and also lost to MACCRAY in the third-place game, Saturday, 54-42. BBE routed NCE-UH, 75-49, in the championship game....

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he Benson wrestling team opened up the season with a home triangular, Thursday night in the senior high gym. The Braves are coming off an 8-13 season from a year ago, one in which the team went 3-5 in the always-competitive West Central Conference.
The Braves hosted Litchfield and the combined Sauk Centre-Melrose Area team, Thursday and Benson lost both matches, 55-24 to SC-Melrose in the first contest, and 50-22 to Litchfield in the final meet of the night....

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The KMS football team closed out the season with its second-straight 1-8 season. The Saints also went 1-6 in the Mid-State Blue sub-district and had their season end with a 28-6 loss to Mayer Lutheran in the Section 4A quarterfinals.
Mayer Lutheran fell to Minneapolis North in the Section 4A championship, advancing to the state tourney.

The KMS volleyball team was eliminated with a loss to Kimball Area in the first round of the Section 5A Tourney, Thursday night in Kerkhoven, 25-17, 25-16, 12-25, 25-19.
The Saints came into the section tourney as the second seed from its sub-section, but Kimball got off to a fast start and held off KMS for the upset win.

The Benson volleyball team opened up the Section 3AA Volleyball Tourney with a 25-11, 25-15, 25-11 loss at Morris Area-CA, immediately ending the 2015 season.
The Braves, who were seeded eighth in their half of the section, fell to the Tigers for the third time this season by a 3-0 score. Benson ends the year 5-19 overall and 2-12 in the WCC.

The Benson-KMS cross-country teams competed at the Section 6A Meet, Thursday at Long Prairie and highlighting the local teams’ efforts was a state berth by Benson junior Josh Bailey, who finished seventh place overall to earn his first state berth.
The Benson-KMS boys finished seventh place overall, while the girls team finished 16th.
Morris Area-CA won the girls meet by 16 points over runner-up Eden Valley-Watkins, while West Central Area edged Ottertail Central by five points for the boys title. The top two teams and top eight other individuals all advance to the State Meet, set for this Saturday at St. Olaf College.
Bailey, one of the top runners in the area for several years, will compete in the State Boys and Girls Cross-country Meet Saturday morning, Nov. 7 at St. Olaf College.

The Benson girls tennis team was eliminated for the season with a 4-3 loss to Montevideo in the first round of the Section 6A Team Tourney. The Braves, who ended the season 15-6, were the fourth seed in the nine-team section, while the Thunderhawks were seeded fifth.
Six members of the team are still alive in the Section 6A Individual Tourney, which was set for Monday, Oct. 19 and Tuesday, Oct. 20 at Fitness Evolution in Sartell.
Playing for the Braves are Kellie Enderson and Rose McDonald in singles, and the teams of Kelsey Rajewsky-Katie Samuelson and Gracie Grussing-Olivia Vergin in doubles.

The Benson-KMS cross-country teams hosted the Benson Invitational last Monday night at the Benson Golf Course. Twelve teams competed in the meet with Lac qui Parle/Dawson-Boyd winning both meets.
Morris Area was a close second in the girls’ meet, while Benson-KMS was seventh. In the boys meet, Montevideo was a distance second and the Benson-KMS boys were right behind in third.